I.M. Fletcher
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Revisiting the 2007 NFL Draft | NEPatriotsDraft.com - 2013 NFL Draft
Discussion of the two super bowl losses start and end with this draft class. As others have pointed out, the other classes (including trades) have been well above average in the league.
2006 Draft Picks
1 21(21) Laurence Maroney
2 4(36) Chad Jackson
3 22(86) David Thomas
4 9(106) Garret Mills TE
4 21(118) Stephen Gostkowsk
5 3(136) Ryan O'Callaghan
6 22(191) Jeremy Mincey
6 36(205) Dan Stevenson
6 37(206) Le Kevin Smith
7 21(229) Willie Andrews
Without a doubt the 2006 draft was not a good one for the Pats. I think it looks a bit worse in part because they had so many late picks. For what it's worth, league-wide there were a lot of players from that draft that were not all that great either, especially once you get beyond the second round.
2006 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com
4/5 of those players were off the board when the Pats had their second pick
i know our draft..was just saying the 49ers had a great one as well
Patrick Willis Joe Staley Ray McDonald Dashon Goldson Tarell Brown..all 5 are SB starters
Dam good draft
San Francisco 49ers had incredible 2007 draft class - NFL.com
Patrick Willis Joe Staley Ray McDonald Dashon Goldson Tarell Brown..all 5 are SB starters
Dam good draft
San Francisco 49ers had incredible 2007 draft class - NFL.com
"It's huge for us because Scot is one of the most respected personnel people in the league. He played a critical role in helping the Seahawks become a Super Bowl team (in 2005) and did a great job in rebuilding the 49ers over the last few years."
Though his actual reach is impossible to guess, McCloughan's fingerprints of influence and philosophy are visible on this roster, and essentially match up with Schneider's. The Seahawks have gotten bigger and nastier in the two seasons since McCloughan has joined the front office and this doctrine is something you hear from Schneider constantly. The result has been bigger cornerbacks, bigger offensive linemen, bigger receivers, bigger defensive linemen, and a bigger safety.
Without going into the gory details of the Pats' lousy drafting record from 2006-09,
all I will say is that when their 4th-round pick arrived, I was hoping that one of the
possibilites included Brown - Tarell, not Kareem. Tarell Brown was probably the best
CB available, and one of the best players available regardless of position; whereas
Kareem Brown was worthy of merely one of our 7th-round flyers, if that.